Meaning of bucca | Babel Free

Definitions

1. a cognomen used by the gens Aemilia
   declension-1, masculine, singular
2. the soft part of the cheek puffed or filled out in speaking or eating
   declension-1, feminine
3. the jaw
   declension-1, feminine, in-plural
4. the mouth
   colloquial, declension-1, feminine
5. one who fills his cheeks in speaking; declaimer, bawler
   declension-1, feminine, metonymically
6. one who stuffs out his cheeks in eating; parasite
   declension-1, feminine, metonymically
7. a mouthful
   declension-1, feminine, metonymically
8. any cavity in general
   declension-1, feminine
9. A catchword of uncertain meaning used in a guessing game, possibly equivalent and/or related to English buck buck.
   declension-1, feminine

Examples

“sī valēbit, puls in buccam bētet”

if he's well, the porridge will find a way into his mouth

“bucca, bucca, quot sunt hīc?”

(please add an English translation of this quotation)

“Lucius Aemilius Bucca”

CEFR level